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Widnes Dock Junction and the flat crossing were causing problems of congestion and the LNWR dealt with this by building a deviation line of just under 1.5 miles (2 km) to the north of the original west–east line, crossing the line leading north to St Helens by a bridge.
Widnes Dock with filled-in lock chamber (2007) Map of Spike Island (1875) showing the location of Widnes Dock. Widnes Dock was the first rail-to-ship facility in the world. [1] It was built in 1833 between the end of the Sankey Canal and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway in Widnes. [2]
In 1922 nine "Down" (northbound) trains a day called at Farnworth & Bold, 'One class only' (i.e. 3rd Class) and 'Week Days Only' (i.e. not Sundays). The "Up" service was similar. The trains' destinations were St Helens to the north and Ditton Junction to the south, with some travelling beyond to Runcorn or Liverpool Lime Street. [8]
C V Junction – A village on U.S. Route 15, approximately one mile south of Lawrenceville. East Lawrence – A village in the eastern part of the township, southeast of Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville – A borough at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 49 and U.S. Route 15 just south of the New York state line.
The station opened on 1 July 1852 as Halewood and was renamed Halebank for Hale on 3 October 1874. [1] The line through the station was quadrupled in 1891. [2] The station name was simplified to Halebank in May 1895.
Widnes South railway station was located in the town of Widnes in Cheshire, England on the east side of Victoria Road. It was built by the London and North Western Railway and situated on their Widnes Deviation Line , opening to passengers and goods in March 1870. [ 2 ]
In 1922 ten trains called at the station in each direction, Monday to Saturday, plying between St Helens Shaw St and Ditton Junction via Widnes South. Some trains continued to Runcorn and some to Liverpool Lime Street. All trains were 3rd Class only. No trains called on Sundays. [5] In 1951 the service was sparser but more complex.
Tolson cites the line's inspector, Captain Wynne, as giving the Whitecross to Arpley extension as the very precise 45.75 chains (0.920 km), but as the location of the Arpley datum point is unclear then the location of Whitecross station is also precisely unclear. Tolson concludes that the station was probably 'just east of Litton Mill Crossing'.